Archer Moving Average Trends (AMAT) Indicator Explained

Archer Moving Average Trends (AMAT) watches a fast and slow moving average and emits two boolean series: long-run when the pair has been bullishly aligned for the required bars, short-run for the bearish mirror. It's the humblest tool in the structure library — a ready-made regime bit.

How It Works

• Fast and slow MAs are compared each bar.
• Alignment must persist for the lookback before a run flag fires.
• Flags drop the moment alignment breaks — no interpretation needed.

How to Trade It

Use AMAT as the master gate: any entry system, long only while long-run is true. The persistence requirement filters the single-bar crossover fakeouts that plague raw MA logic, and boolean output means it composes cleanly with everything else in the builder.

Building It in Setup.Cash

Add Archer Moving Average Trends (AMAT) in the strategy builder — the length input controls its sensitivity — and use its value in any entry, exit, or filter condition. You can also combine it with other tools in the Indicators Lab or via the AI indicator generator. Compare with richer regime tools like CHOP and CTI. For the full category overview, see the market structure tools guide.

Structure tools define context; your entry logic supplies timing. Backtest both halves together before going live.